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Blessed be the God and Father

Introduction

Blessed be the God and Father was written for a service on Easter Day at Hereford Cathedral, when 'only Trebles and a single Bass voice' were available, the bass singer being the Dean's butler. The central portion of the work, a dialogue between a treble soloist and the treble chorus, is flanked by passages for tenors and basses alone. The final fughetta after the words 'But the word of the Lord endureth forever' is heralded by a dramatic dominant seventh chord of E flat on full organ.

Details

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower there-of falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever. [Amen]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower there-of falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever. [Amen]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower there-of falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever. [Amen]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower there-of falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever. [Amen]